1580s, Latin, "bug, bedbug," also a term of reproach, of uncertain origin. Related: Cimicic; cimiceous "buggy;" cimicine "smelling of bugs" (1849).
ciliated
cilice
Cilicia
cill
cimarron
cimex
Cimmerian
cinch
Cincinnati
cincture
cinder
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